Hunting Grounds

Hello?

Hello?

Hey, are you hurt?

What are we doing here?

I need to give Will a call.

- If you didn't get rid of our cell phones,

you wouldn't have to stop at a pay phone.

- Michael, I don't know how many times

I'm need to say this to you but, we're broke.

We can't afford to pay any unnecessary phone bills

right now.

Besides, there won't be a place up there

to charge 'em anyway.

- Yeah, but we would have saved on quarters.

I thought we were trying to save money.

- Well, when Will comes to check on us,

he's gonna wanna relax, so gonna have the essentials.

Right here.

Where's the cabin?

- Will said it's a few hundred yards that a way.

Let's start gettin' the stuff unloaded.

I don't want this to take all day.

Here we go.

That'll (mumbles).

Well, this doesn't look so bad.

Which one of these opens the door?

Thanks for labeling these, Will.

What's going on?

Stay right here.

What do you think happened?

- Looks like somebody ransacked the place.

- You think they're still around?

No one else is in here.

I'm gonna go check around back.

You just stay right here.

Whoever did this, they're gone now.

Yeah, we gotta get this place cleaned up.

I'm gonna head over to the truck

and handle moving all the boxes in here

and chop some firewood.

You just take care of this mess.

What if they come back?

- Your uncle said there hasn't been

anybody up here in years.

This could have happened a long time ago

and no one's been here to see it.

You'll be all right.

Well, better get a move on.

Thanks for taking care of this.

(chuckling) Yeah, no problem.

Comin' through.

That mess out there isn't gonna clean itself, Michael.

Come on.

How's the house comin' along?

Good.

We got enough wood?

- We could always use a little more.

Want a go at it?

No.

I was thinking about asking you if I could borrow the car.

What for?

We brought everything we need.

- Yeah, uh, actually I wanted to see if maybe

there was a college in the area or somewhere I could access

online courses from in town.

- Michael, I don't wanna get into another argument with you.

We talked about this before.

Did we?

Because I remember bringing it up and you saying no

without even listening to me.

- We're down to the last of our savings.

I can't afford to send you to school.

But maybe if you'd gotten better grades, you know,

a scholarship would be in the cards for ya.

- I'm sorry I was distracted from my studies,

but have you ever heard of this things called student loans?

- And you'd need me to co-sign for your loans.

And my credit's been god-awful since before the funeral.

I can't afford to take on more debt.

So, that's it?

My life is gonna consist of living in a shanty

and working a minimum wage job at some local feed store.

- We're both gonna have to make do

with what's been given to us.

You're not the only one who's grieving.

If you want the car, you can take it in town

and look for job applications.

'Cause once I'm done repairing things around here,

I'll be right there with you.

- And, it's not like you could do both or anything.

- I'm gonna be busy making this place livable

for quite some time.

And I might not be making a paycheck,

but my days are gonna be filled with work.

Never mind.

I'm gonna go inside and wait for Uncle Will.

- Well, you can't just do nothing all day.

Why don't you, uh, clean up that back room

so Sergio can have a place to sleep 'cause of his bad back.

Sergio's coming?

- Yeah, him and Will are coming up this weekend together.

- But him and Will aren't even friends.

Why is he coming here?

- 'Cause he's my friend and I haven't seen him

in a long time.

- I don't want him going into my room.

He's just gonna get drunk and root through all my shit.

It's not your room, Michael.

- You got any other buddies coming, Dad?

You know, it's a good thing we moved to this

new palatial estate so now all your friends

can come visit us.

- How are we supposed to get inside,

if you're standing in the middle of the doorway?

Hey, Uncle.

Good to see you, Michael.

Glad you're here.

Glad to be back.

How's it been so far?

- Well, I mean, it's as good as it can be.

You want something to drink?

Uh, no, thanks.

Sergio?

That's Mr. Guerrero to you.

Where's Rog?

He's sleeping.

This early?

- Everyone needs a nap once in a while, Marx.

So, you gonna get him up or just stand there?

Dad (knocking), wake up.

Will and Sergio are here.

Okay.

He should be out in a minute.

- Why don't you wake up the whole mountain,

while you're at it?

Lay off, man.

- Shut up just once, Marx.

- You guys take down the shelves?

- No, when we got here, this place was wrecked.

Somebody took down the shelves

and the table was knocked over.

- Never had a problem with vandals up here before.

- Yeah, they busted in through the front door.

It won't even lock anymore.

- If you don't tell me there are hoodlums around here.

If they come back, can't even keep 'em out.

Calm down, I can fix the lock.

- I'll be a lot calmer once we go,

get my guns out of the car.

- Guns, what do we need guns for?

- So shit like this doesn't happen.

- Okay, besides the mess, how are you guys likin' the place?

- Uh, well, it's run on propane and there isn't even radio.

I don't really know how anyone could like it.

- Kids, never grateful for what they got.

Always something to complain about.

- Did your dad have a chance to check out those places

in town I told him about?